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honda¹

  • /ˈhɒndə/ UK
  • /ˈhɑndə/ US

Rhymes with -ɒndə

Where it comes from

Probably from Spanish honda, fonda (“sling”), from Latin funda (“hand-sling”); or from Spanish hondón (“eye of a needle”), from hondo (“bottom; deep, profound”) (from Latin fundus (“bottom, lowest part”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-(m)n-o, from *bʰudʰmḗn (“bottom”)) + -ón (augmentative suffix).

noun hondas

  1. Southwestern, US A closed loop or eyelet at one end of a lariat or lasso, through which the other end of the rope is passed to form a much larger loop.
  2. Southwestern, US A grommet or other device intended to strengthen or otherwise improve a simple rope honda.

Honda²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Japanese 本田 (Honda) or Japanese ホンダ (Honda).

proper noun

  1. A Japanese automotive and motorcycle manufacturer, named after its founder, Soichiro Honda. they left on Sonnyʼs seventeenth birthday present — the Honda motorbike heʼd begged them to buy him
  2. A brand of car manufactured by Honda.

noun Hondas

  1. A car of the Honda brand. Jammed onto a narrow, steep sidewalk, police barricades all around, we march with placards, drums, and angry spirit: "The Moral Majority, cops and Klan. Work together hand in hand." — helmeted tac squad on horses, Hondas, facing us on Powell Street, itching to wield their billy clubs, waiting for an
  2. A motorbike manufactured by Honda.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: rover, tin, honda knot, lazo, noose, latching, bowstring knot, lassu, lariat, harness loop, hanging loop, artillery loop, lace, beltloop, bowknot, bowline

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name automotive manufacturer

한국어혼다 Honda
日本語本田 Honda, ホンダ Honda
中文本田 Běntián
हिन्दीहोंडा hoṇḍā
РусскийХо́нда Xónda
العربيةهُونْدَا hūndā, هُونْدَا hondā

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@misc{honda_2026,
  title = {honda},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/honda},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}